I have hidden Thy word in my heart.
(Picture by Lisa R)

Judges 9. “Thus God repaid the wickedness of Abimelech, which he had done to his father by killing his seventy brothers. And all the evil of the men of Shechem God returned on their own heads, and on them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal” (Verses 56-57). This was a sad chapter to read. Why. It had 57 verses and it wasn’t until verse 56 that God moved. I am saddened at the fact that in that time period the people’s heart didn’t miss God. Their hearts didn’t miss intimacy with Him, closeness with Him. It is horrible that their hearts had grown so hard, so self centered that nothing else mattered, nothing, but their immediate pleasure. I recently wrote a post about something miraculous that God did for me during my days at bible college. After the post it dawned on me how easy it was for my mind to forget something that amazing and wonderful. How did it happen? My focus was not in the right place. The cares of life, the cares of this world stepped in a drowned out the beauty of what Christ, of what God had done. So today’s devotion is a warning, don’t forget what God has done, not even the smallest thing. Write them down, commit them to your memory banks for they will keep your foot from stumbling, and keep you on the right path.